Definition of hellion
: a troublesome or mischievous person
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Examples of hellion in a Sentence
My children can act like little hellions when they're bored.
the little hellions were tearing through the house squirting their water pistols
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That feels a little like the moment liberals are in right now, what with all these hot politicians stepping onto the global stage out of nowhere, some of whom may very well be nationalist hellions.
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And Emma, unlike Laura, is a hellion with little interest in order or routine.
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At 10 months, Mabel is a delicious imp, with the fair coloring of her mother and the gleeful expression of a hellion in training.
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At least Phillips has a hot newcomer in Lewis, a piano-pounding hellion with an ego as big as his sound.
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And son Franklin Graham, a cigarette-smoking hellion during his teen years, delighted the crowd with anecdotes about the lengths his mother would go to get him out of bed in the morning.
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Origin and Etymology of hellion
probably alteration (influenced by hell) of hallion scamp
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Definition of hellion for English Language Learners
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: a person (especially a child) who behaves badly
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